Chairman of Indonesia's Democratic Party Anas Urbaningrum speaks in a news conference to announce his resignation at the party headquarters in Jakarta February 23, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's anti-graft agency arrested a former senior member of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's party on Friday, in a long-running case that has damaged the ruling party's popularity ahead of elections.
The Corruption Eradication Commission - known locally as the KPK - arrested Anas Urbaningrum, former chairman of Yudhoyono's Democratic Party, on bribery charges in a $205 million graft scandal surrounding the construction of a sports stadium in Hambalang in West Java province.
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